A new study published in revealing a breakthrough discovery combining genetic variants in the gene with a significantly increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that affects almost 2% of adults older than 65 years. This work, conducted by an international team of scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Astrazeneca and Jan and Dan […]
Events, family dinners and other meetings in which food is served are part of Christmas joy. But joy can turn into misery if food causes disease. Typical symptoms of food transmitted by food, also known as food poisoning, are vomiting, diarrhea and flu symptoms that can start anywhere from a few hours after consuming contaminated […]
For years, health experts have debated whether body mass index (BMI) is the best measure of a person’s health. Although waist circumference has been considered a key predictor of heart disease, a recent study shows that neither BMI nor waist measurement is a definitive predictor. Instead, a hidden factor, intermuscular fat, the fat stored in […]
With support from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is leading the implementation of Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and the Honorable Jennifer Wexton’s National Plan for the End Parkinson’s Disease Act (P.L. 118- 66), which entered into […]
Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that women with a high genetic risk for depression are more likely to have heart disease. In a study that analyzed the genetic and health data of more than 300,000 people, Dr. Sonia Shah i Dr Clara Jiang from UQ The Institute of Molecular Biology found that […]